Psychology 1100E Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Psych, Social Facilitation, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

Document Summary

Abu ghraib prison: hired volunteers to act as prisoners in the stanford prison experiment based on the history of the iraqi prison. Social psychology interaction between the person and the situation. Freudian theory believes that our upbringing determines our behaviour. Functionism sees that behaviour is a function of conditioned behaviours. Mimicry: supports observational learning, coordinating" our behaviour with others. Chameleon effect when people non-consciously mimic other people"s behaviour (ex. they whisper = you whisper) increases liking. Social loafing when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with others. Social facilitation when one"s performance is affected by the presence of others: cockroach experiment. Why does it promote the dominant response: presence of other people can increase physiological arousal, when we"re aroused it"s easier to do something easy. Groupthink stifling of diversity that occurs when individuals are not able to express their true perspectives, instead agree with the group.